Ole Gunnar Solskjær Biography

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Biography
Ole Gunnar Solskjær Man United Reserve team manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Solskjær Man United Reserve team manager, Solskjær, Man United Reserve team manager, Man United, manchester united, manutd, solskjaer, Ole Gunnar solskjaer Man United Reserve team manager, Ole Gunnar solskjaer, Ole Gunnar Solskjær BiographyBorn 26 February 1973 in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal. He is a Norwegian football manager and former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United, often dubbed "the baby-faced assassin". He is the current Manchester United Reserve team manager. He played 366 times for the Red Devils and scored 126 goals during a very successful period for the club. Solskjær's defining moment in football came in injury time of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final where he scored the winning last-minute goal against Bayern Munich, completing a remarkable comeback and winning The Treble for United. Whilst at United he was recognised as a "Super Sub" for his knack of coming off the bench to score last-minute goals.

Before he moved to England, Solskjær completed a year's national service in the Norwegian Army, and played part time for Third Division Norwegian Clausenengen FK, later moving to Norwegian Premier League Molde FK in 1994. He joined United on 29 July 1996, for a transfer fee of £1.5 million. He is a patron of the Manchester United Supporters' Trust (formerly Shareholders United).

On 27 August 2007, Solskjær announced his retirement from football after failing to recover from a serious knee injury. However, Solskjær remained at Old Trafford in a coaching role, as well as in an ambassadorial capacity. On 20 May 2008, Solskjær was announced as Manchester United's first full-time Reserve team manager since 2006, taking over from Brian McClair and Jimmy Ryan, who had filled the role in a caretaker capacity. He also supervises a training academy for young footballers in his home town of Kristiansund.


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